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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... telemetry for heart block ... • Aggressive management ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Differential Diagnosis ... sided IE: heart block ... lesions, heart block ... #management #cardiology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... and Management ... 1928-1977) -> 50% diagnosed ... may present with pulmonary ... phenoxybenzamine blocks
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trauma Local Nerve Block

 - Ribs
 - Serratus
 - Fascia Iliaca
Trauma Local Nerve Block ... Popliteal Sciatic #Management ... Traumatic #Nerve #Blocks
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... bundle branch block ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Summary of Heart Blocks ... 1st Degree Heart Block ... Mobitz I Heart Block ... Brady Management ... degrees #summary #Diagnosis
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... Unstable Bradycardia Management ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #cardiology
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trunk Local Nerve Block

 - Thoracic Paravertebral
 - Erector Spinae
 -
Trunk Local Nerve Block ... Abdominis Plane #Management ... Truncal #Nerve #Blocks
Dorsal Penile Nerve Block
#Management #Anatomy #Urology #Dorsal #Penile #Nerves #Block #Injection #Priapism #Regional #Local
Dorsal Penile Nerve Block ... #Management #Anatomy ... Penile #Nerves #Block
Atrioventricular (AV) Blocks

First Degree AV Block - "If your R is far from your P than
Atrioventricular (AV) Blocks ... First Degree AV Block ... complex • Site of Block ... Second Degree AV Block ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #diagnosis